"Just for today, Light-kun," L said, unlocking the handcuff around the teen's wrist.
"Thanks, Ryuuzaki," Light nodded, rubbing the area where the cuff normally rested.
'I guess he thinks that if Light is Kira, he can't do anything if he's being watched the whole day by us…it's good though, Light needs a break from the constant suspicion…'
You had decided to take a limo to the park; otherwise four of you would be crowded into the backseat. As you pulled up outside her house, your grandmother had raised her eyebrow at the vehicle, but seemed willing enough to go along with it. She had seated herself on your right, as Misa had climbed in on your left, hugging onto Light's uncuffed arm. As soon as she had sat down, you quietly whispered in her ear, "Grandma…can you call me by Ahiru today? For confidentiality reasons, you see. Not everyone knows my true name…"
She looked startled at your request, but nodded nonetheless. Watari had happily accepted to drive you all, seeing as L was accompanying you to the amusement park. In Watari's words, 'Ryuuzaki, doesn't get out enough, this will be a good experience for him'. You had chuckled at L's trusted friend and mentally agreed with his words. 'If he went out any less, he'd be considered paranoid…wait, maybe he already is?'
Your grandmother had quickly introduced herself to the occupants of the car, shaking hands with them all and smiling. You were amazed at how she managed to get along with them all so well, after only meeting them for the first time today. 'I've known these people for months now…and even now I sometimes don't get along with them…'
Tuning out the conversation, it felt like a minute had passed and you were approaching the park gates. The massive sign promoting the name 'Disneyland' came into view, and Misa let out an excited squeal. "Misa hasn't been to Disneyland since she was small!"
You grinned at her reaction, not having ever been to Disneyland before. Watari stopped to drop you off and you all clambered out, Misa and you more eager to get out than the gloomy L. Leaving Light, L and your grandmother behind, Misa and you practically sprinted towards the entrance gate. "Misa wants to go to Tomorrowland, Ahiru-chan!"
"Okay!" you agreed, secretly wanting to go on the Space Mountain ride.
Pouting at having to wait for the others to catch up so you could go through the gate, the two of you rushed off straight to Tomorrowland as soon as you were through. "Ahiru-chan?" you grandmother called.
"We'll meet you there!" you called over your shoulder, feeling slightly guilty at leaving your grandmother with a studious college student and your antisocial employer.
"I didn't realise that Ahiru would be so excited about going on all the rides…" your grandmother mumbled to herself.
"Ahiru-chan hasn't really had much opportunity to go out with friends or family, I presume that she considers today the first and last time she'll ever be able to go to an amusement park and enjoy herself with the people she cares about," L consoled, finally breaking his silence.
She glanced at him in surprise, not expecting him to be able to read you so easily. Your grandma turned to watch you and Misa giggling in the line. "I guess you're right, Mr. Ryuuzaki."
The three of them caught up to the two in the line, and sighed in exasperation as they realised that the two of you were now squabbling over who was going to sit where. 'It's going to be a long day' L thought to himself.
You had been at the park for three hours already, and you and Misa had dragged the other three on almost half the rides in the park. "C'mon, one more ride and we can go eat!" you said, already dragging Misa and L by their arms to the next ride you could find. "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?" Light queried, looking down from the sign to see you had already dragged the rest of them inside.
He sweatdropped and quickly followed suit. "Misa wants to sit with Light-kun!" the ecstatic blonde exclaimed, grabbing onto Light's arm and dragging him down to sit next to her. You glanced at your grandmother to see she had already seated herself behind the couple. Deciding you wanted a seat in the front row, you latched onto an unsuspecting L's arm, and pulled him down next to you. Teasingly, you asked him why he wasn't sitting like normal. "I don't have to be a detective for now," he replied, giving you a small smile.
The train started and you looked around at the different surroundings. "Tumbleweed…" you murmured, reading one of the signs as the cart passed it.
Suddenly, you felt something warm cover your hand. Looking down, you saw L's hand sitting over yours. Surprised, you tilted your head upwards to see that he was turned away from you, staring out the side of the cart. A light blush spread itself over your cheeks, and you turned your hand so that your fingers were interlaced. For the rest of the ride, you tried to hide your wide smile at the rare show of affection. Saddened by the end of the ride, you rose and your hands broke apart, yours falling softly to your side. Climbing off the ride, you grinned at him before moving to talk to your grandmother. She gave you a knowing look and you wondered if she might have seen your hands during the ride. 'What must she think? Has she worked it all out now?'
Another few hours later, you were all tired out from the non-stop rides. You and Misa had spent ages ramming each other at the Grand Circuit Raceway, and you had managed to get Light to show an ounce of fear when you pretended to push him out of the 10-metre high Astro Blasters. 'Heh…maybe he's a little scared of heights?'
"Ahiru-chan…can we stop now? Or at least go on a nice relaxing ride to finish off?" your grandmother begged, obviously tired out from the previous rides.
"Relaxing, eh?" you grinned, knowing the perfect ride to take her on.
"Haunted Mansion?" she asked, dubiously.
"Yeah, you get to sit down whilst it takes you on a tour," you said, laughing in the inside.
She sighed in acceptance, "Fine. Fine."
Aware that you only had around half an hour until the park closed for the night, you tried to rush the tired group to the mansion. You managed to make the last ride of the day and smiled happily as you all stood in a massive room, waiting for something to happen. Hearing a voice from above, you looked up to see a suspended blanket. 'Oh…it's a ghost…' you realised, sweatdropping slightly.
After the ghost blanket had finished talking, the room either started to lower or the walls were getting higher (I seriously have no idea which one it was…--;). Feeling slightly disoriented, you filed out of the room and made your way down a dark hallway. Intrigued by the strange pictures hanging on the walls, you stopped and stared before realising that you were blocking people from advancing. Looking around, you saw that you were all alone. 'Well…so much for friends forever.'
A hand grasped your sleeve and you were about to tell the person off until you recognised them as L. "The others have already taken a seat on the ride," he informed.
Not wanting to leave them waiting for too long, you quickly got to the ride and got yourself onto a seat. L seated himself beside you and the ride started moving. Looking around eagerly, you waited to be scared. The only thing that actually managed to was a loud raven squawking right above you. Hearing muffled chuckles, you frowned at L. "It was loud," you defended, crossing your arms.
He dropped his hand from his mouth and looked at you, expression suddenly blank. "What?" you asked nervously.
Turning your head to look behind you for something which might have affected him, you saw nothing. Confused, you looked back around to question him. "I should have done this a long time ago…" you heard him murmur in the darkness.
Raising an eyebrow, you were startled when you felt a pair of lips upon your own. 'He's…kissing me?! What do I do?'
Realising that you were sitting absolutely still and not reacting at all, you tentatively reached a hand up to cup the side of his face. The kiss deepened and you felt as though in that moment, everything was right. Suddenly something screeched next to your ear and you pulled apart in shock. Seeing that the culprit was another motorized raven, you scowled at it. "I'm not sure it can see you, Ahiru-chan," he called in his soft voice.
"That's not the point," you mumbled, feeling awkward at the situation.
The chair came to an abrupt halt and you discovered that the ride was over. "Ahiru-chan! Over here!" came a high-pitched voice.
Moving to rejoin the group, you shot one last deep glance at L before talking to the rest of them. "The park is closing, we've got to leave now, Ahiru-chan," your grandmother said.
You nodded, "Yeah, okay. We've been on everything anyway…and you're all probably tired…"
Taking a good look at them, you saw that you had exhausted everyone with the constant rides. Sweatdropping, you decided not to incriminate yourself further. "Watari is at the front gate," L notified, standing beside you.
You all nodded, and talking happily, all moved to the gate to leave the park. As you walked through the gate, you hesitated and stared up at the sign. Feeling saddened, you thought to yourself, 'This might be the last time I ever come here…'
A hand found yours and intertwined your fingers. Startled, you turned to see L tugging at your hand to pull you to the waiting vehicle. A contagious grin made it's way across your face, 'Even if this is the last time I come here…I made enough memories for the rest of my life.'